Can-opener.



No. 817,799. PATENTED APR. 17, 1906 G. A. PHILLIPS.

G'AN OPENER.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 6. 1905.

lawentoz CA. Phi ZZZ? OLARENOEA. PHILLIPS, OF WASHINGTON,

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CAN-OPENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed May 6,1905. Serial No. 259,186.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE A. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can-Openers, of which the following is a specification.

It is a desideratum in the marketing of canned goods to provide an opener of such simple, compact, and cheap structure that each can or package may be supplied with one without adding materially to the cost of plac ing the goods before the public, yet adding greatly to the salability of the goods so put up.

The formation of the tool is such that it may be used generally as a household implement for opening cans, packages, or the like when it is required to gain access to the contents thereof, being formed'of a single length of wire bent to provide a handle, a cutter, a penetratingpoint, and a series of pivots adjacent to said point to admit of adapting the tool to large or small cans or for making large or small openings, as may be required.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings.

While the invention may be adapted to different forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details without departing from the spirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a canopener embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the device as it appears when inverted. Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line at 00 of Fig. 1, showing the parts on a larger scale. Fig. 4 is a section on the line y y of Fig. 2, illustrating the parts on a larger scale.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The can-opener is constructed of a length of wire of suitable gage to withstand the strain incident to the use of the tool. The wire or blank is bent or so shaped as to provide a handle 1 of loop form, a penetrating I point 2 for piercing the can or package to be opened, a cutter 3 for opening the can or package in the operation of the tool, and a series of pivots 4 and 5 adjacent to the penetrati'ng-point 2 to admit of forming large or small openings and adapting the tool for large or small cans. A lateral crimp or loop 6 is provided at the inner end of the handle 1 in the plane thereof, and the end portion of the wire or blank provided with the cutter 3 is bent, as shown at 7, to enter the space formed between the elements or members of the crimp or loop 6, between which it is confined against movement in any direction, the embracing members of the crimp 6serving to it to perform satisfactory and efficient service. The members of the crimp 6 and the bent portion 7 are in the same plane with one another and with the handle 1, and said members comprising thecrimp are pressed together, so as to firmly grip the bent portion 7 and retain it in place. As shown in Fig. 3, the adjacent sides of the members comprising the crimp 6 and the bent portion 7 are interlocked by having the embracing members of the parts 6 pressed into the adjacent sides of the parts 7. The cutter 3 is pointed, so as to readily penetrate the can, and its sides are beveled to form a vertical edge which preferably faces the open side of the crimp or loop 6, thereby enabling the closed end of said loop to be drawn against the cutter in the operation of the implement.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A can-opener having a penetrating-point and provided with a lateral crimp or loop, and having an end portion fitted into the space formed between the members of said crimp and braced thereby and having the terminal adjacent to said crimp extended therefrom and forming a cutter.

2. A can-opener having a penetrating-point and provided with a lateral crimp or loop, and having an end portion fitted into the space formed between the members of said crimp, the adjacent sides of the bent portion and the members of the crimp beingpositively interlocked and having the terminal portion of the wire adjacent to said crimp extended therefrom and forming a cutter.

3. The herein-described can-opener as a new article of manufacture, the same formed brace and strengthen thecutter and enabling of a single length of Wire comprising a pene In testimony whereof I afliX my signature trating-point, a series of pivots adjacent to l in presence of two Witnesses. sa d point, a loop-shaped handle, a lateral CLARENCE A. PHILLIPS [L- SI] crimp adjacent to the end of the handle and in the plane thereof, a cutter, and a bent por Witnesses: tion adjacent to said cutter confined between J. D. YOAKLEY, the members of said crimp.a A. B. LAOEY. 

